Chapter 59: Military Exercise (2)

On November 30 of the ephemeris year, near the chaotic meteorite belt, the First and Second Fleets will have their final showdown here. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoToday is the final decisive battle of this exercise, just three days ago, the three fleets conducted separate combat exercises, and the third fleet was defeated. General Wilson was more old-fashioned, fought safely, lacked sufficient offensiveness, and suffered a lot of losses when fighting against Zhang Zheng and General Bernard, and was defeated by the two generals respectively. However, after the end of the war, the losses of the First and Second Fleets were also very huge, the First Fleet survived three sub-fleets, and the Second Fleet only had half a sub-fleet left. Everyone understood that this exercise would ultimately determine the future distribution of functions among the three fleets, and that Admiral Wilson's Third Fleet would be primarily responsible for the fleet's security and defense in the future.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the two warring sides enter the battlefield from two directions, where the two fleets will face off for the title of elite fleet. For this battle, Zhang Zheng and Lieutenant General Bernard are full of ambition. Zhang Zheng's First Fleet is worthy of being the most well-equipped fleet in the whole fleet, and its combat capability is beyond doubt. Bernard's Second Fleet has also proven itself in previous exercises and is fully qualified to compete with the First Fleet. For Zhang Zheng and Bernard personally, this duel is also very important.

For a long time, many people thought that the reason why Zhang Zheng was able to become the commander of the First Fleet was completely because he was Chinese, after all, Chen Peilin was Chinese, and Chinese also occupied a large number of seats in the top level of the salvation organization. Even in the military council, there are no shortage of such voices. Zhang Zheng needs to prove that he deserves to be the commander-in-chief of the First Fleet through this victory.

Bernard was strongly supported by European and American immigrants in the fleet, after all, he was born from the military power of the Earth period, and he had a lot of actual combat experience in commanding the fleet, and he himself was very confident in his own ability, full of ambition, and he wanted to use this victory to prove to the fleet leadership that he was the first person to command the fleet, even if he commanded the second fleet, he could defeat Zhang Zheng's first fleet.

The battleship of the "Lady Liberty" -- a special type battleship specially modified from a battleship, in addition to enhancing the power of the battleship's main guns and the strength of its energy shield, it also strengthened the battleship's communication and command capabilities, and is the flagship of the Second Fleet after the expansion of the fleet and the seat of General Bernard.

In the command center of the battle flagship, General Bernard sat upright in the command seat, and in the staff hall on the lower level of the seat, the confidential personnel were in a hurry, and the staff officers were constantly pondering and frowning at the holographic projection of the battlefield. Before the fleet entered the battlefield, the reconnaissance fleet had already reconnoitred the battlefield several times, and a fist-sized meteorite debris was marked, so it can be said that the battlefield was completely transparent, and the wartime competition could only be the coordination of the two fleets and the ability of the commanders to play on the spot.

"How's it going, have you spotted the shadow of the First Fleet?" Bernard asked the confidential secretary.

"No trace of the First Fleet has been found so far, there is no shadow of the First Fleet in the battlefield area, and none of the reconnaissance ships of the other side have been seen," the confidential secretary replied.

Bernard frowned, pondered for a moment and said, "The entire battle formation, battleships and heavy cruisers are distributed around the fleet, the combined shield is spread, all the space carriers open the hangars, and the carrier-based aircraft are ready to attack and prevent the enemy from raiding. ”

"Commander? Will the First Fleet launch a surprise attack on us? Their biggest advantage over us is the proficiency of the crew and the tacit understanding of cooperation, which cannot be reflected in our close combat. The confidential secretary said. The confidential secretary is not a novice who does not understand the military, on the contrary, he not only understands the military, but also is very proficient, as early as the earth period, the confidential secretary and Bernard are old partners, at that time it was not called the confidential secretary, at that time it was called the chief of staff.

"Remember the exercises of the First and Third Fleets three days ago?" Bernard asked.

"Of course, I have to admit that Zhang Zheng's guy did a very good job, giving full play to the advantages of long-range fire-shooting, accurate **, when the two sides have not yet entered the range of the destroyer, the third fleet's aerospace carrier has been named one by one. If Wilson's flagship had not been placed on the battleship Stonehenge but on an aerospace carrier, the Third Fleet would have failed before it could even begin to fight. The confidential secretary said admiringly. After all, the two sides are not really hostile, and the fleet has such a strong force, and the confidential secretary is also quite happy.

"They've used this tactic last time, do you think they'll do it again?" Bernard asked.

"It's not a wrong tactic, I think as long as they use this trick, we will have to fight them, this is their advantage." The confidential secretary responded.

"You don't know the Chinese!" Bernard said. "Although the First Fleet won last time, Wilson was not a vegetarian, seven of the ten sub-fleets of the First Fleet were wiped out, and the remaining three were also greatly reduced in combat effectiveness, which was a crushing victory at all. The results obtained in such a modest battle can only show that the First Fleet has excellent combat effectiveness, but it does not show that Zhang Zheng has a good command. The Chinese have a good face, and he must prove that he is better than anyone else and that he is worthy of the position of commander-in-chief of the First Fleet, so he must overcome us by a huge margin and prove himself with our crushing defeat. ”

"And what do you think he's going to do?" The confidential secretary asked heavily, after all, no one can be happy to be used as a stepping stone.

"I don't know, most of them will sneak attack, there must be their reconnaissance ship nearby, I don't know where they are hidden, I estimate that the First Fleet will jump directly to the vicinity of the fleet and launch a surprise attack." Bernard thought for a moment and said.

"That's what the fleet changed formation just now, right? We can't just defend blindly, we will lose the opportunity, the best defense is still attack. The confidential secretary said.

"When you are besieged by a pack of wolves, the best thing to do is to lean against a wall and wait for the wolves to act first. Bernard said.

"Toot! …… Honk! …… Honk! ......" The piercing sirens sounded, and the entire fleet immediately stood by and stared closely at the monitor, ready to launch a preemptive attack after the arrival of the enemy.

"The fleet subspace probe has found a massive object approaching the fleet," the confidential secretary said, skimming through the communication.

"It's coming! The fleet was on standby, all carrier-based aircraft catapulted and took off, ready for battle, keeping a close eye on the enemy's assault ships, who were about to carry out a decapitation operation. Move all the frigates next to the flagship. Bernard's momentum suddenly became sharp, like a sharp knife, which made people dare not look at it directly.

In a flash ahead, the figure of the First Fleet appeared, a hundred battleships lined up at the front of the fleet, opened their shields, and then rushed towards the fleet frantically, followed by a large number of frigates and destroyers, and there was no figure of the aerospace aircraft carrier at all.

"What are they going to do?" The confidential secretary looked at the combat video and asked in shock.

"The number is wrong, check where their aerospace carriers are?" Bernard said with a frown.

The two sides have been in close contact, the fierce artillery fire is flashing, the destroyer is rough and thick, even in the face of the second fleet's cannon fire, unmoved, firmly rushed towards the second fleet's queue, the thick battleship's main guns rushed to concentrate fire, all the artillery fire was concentrated in one point of the fleet, just a salvo, the second fleet's combined shield was blasted out of a huge hole, and then the battleship formation of the first fleet fiercely rushed into the second fleet's combat formation.

At the same time, ten aerospace carriers of the First Fleet suddenly appeared around the Second Fleet, and countless aerospace fighters ejected and swarmed towards the front of the Second Fleet, and the entire battlefield was suddenly detonated.

"Order frigate formations and air-space fighters to drive away enemy carriers and carrier-based aircraft," Bernard ordered. The fleet was filled with enemy battleships and cruiser formations, and frigates and aerospace fighters were useless against the thick energy shields of opposing battleships, after all, they were originally designed to deal with small and medium-sized warships. Large battleships can only be dealt with battleships of the same tier.

Immediately, the frigate formations and air-space fighters of the Second Fleet dispersed and rushed towards the opponent's air-space aircraft carriers.

"No, the aerospace aircraft carrier is generally the core of the fleet, and it is usually heavily protected by the fleet, and they do this completely to let the aircraft carrier die in the wrong way, which is completely unreasonable. There must be something missing, what is it? With so many battleships charging at the fleet, there is no other use than to break our formation, unless they are enough to carry out a landing operation, but their aerospace carriers are all on the periphery of the fleet, and whether they can attack or not is a question, how to carry out a boarding operation? Bernard thought with a frown.

"That's not right! Who said that boarding operations cannot be carried out without aerospace aircraft carriers! Oh God, the Chinese are too cunning, this is a thinking trap, use the battleship as a shield to break the opponent's joint shield, and then use the space carrier to lure the opponent's escort force away, and then launch a boarding operation to destroy the enemy's command center, this little fox! Bernard said hatefully.

"Command! All escort forces are moving closer to the flagship, beware of the enemy's assault fleet! Bernard shouted loudly.

But it was too late, countless carrier-based aircraft and landing ships broke away from the battleship and swooped down on the large battleships of the Second Fleet, the fighters destroyed the battleship's close-defense artillery array one by one in front, and the super bomb made of energy crystals blasted the battleship's shield away, followed by the assault ship quickly rushed into the battleship, and a team of fighters in alloy armor quickly advanced towards the inside of the battleship under the cover of the heavy mecha, and the protective force in the ship could not fight against it at all, and it collapsed at the first touch, and it didn't take long, Seventeen out of thirty battleships have fallen, and the remaining battleships have been invaded, and it is only a matter of time before they are completely occupied. The escort force of the Second Fleet is currently in a state of stalemate with the carrier-based aircraft of the First Fleet, and it is impossible to pull away at all, and even if it can break away, it will be difficult to pass through the blockade of light cruisers and destroyers of the First Fleet immediately following the battleships.

"It's crazy, they actually took a space jump with a carrier-based aircraft! When the fleet jumps, the carrier-based aircraft are all stored in the hangar. The confidential secretary shrieked with a shudder.

"Turn on the communication channel and declare surrender, we are defeated." Bernard said dejectedly, his words were full of loss and unwillingness, and he accidentally lost all the plates, Bernard thought bitterly.

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"Fortunately, you changed the battle plan temporarily, otherwise it is difficult to say whether we can win or not," in the flagship of the 'Great Wall' battle, the confidential secretary said to Zhang Zheng with a smile.

The first plan was to copy the combat experience of the Third Fleet three days ago and engage in an artillery battle directly opposite the Second Fleet, so that with the First Fleet's superiority in personnel, the victory would be in the hands of the First Fleet, but the losses might be greater. The second option is for the fleet to hide in the depths of the asteroid belt, wait for the Second Fleet to enter the field, jump behind and conduct a sneak attack, take advantage of the Second Fleet's lack of preparation, disrupt its combat formation, and then the fleet will crush the Second Fleet with heavy artillery fire.

But these two plans were rejected after being sent to Zhang Zheng, and then Zhang Zheng worked out such a crazy combat plan, after all, using the battleship as a hammer and fixing the carrier-based aircraft on the battleship's armored shell for jumping is not something anyone dares to come up with.

"Bernard is a cunning old fox with a lot of experience. To deal with him, it is either a steady and steady battle, or a dangerous move, and the general battle plan is not applicable to him at all. Zhang Zheng, who was standing straight in front of the command platform, said coldly.

At the same time, all those who watched the live broadcast of the exercise also watched the battle of the two fleets in amazement, 45 minutes! In less than an hour, the First Fleet won a complete victory against the Second Fleet! This is unimaginable at all, you must know that in a cosmic war, forty-five minutes may not be able to blast open the energy shield of a battleship, and the battle three days ago was fierce for four or five hours. No one would have thought that the First Fleet would adopt such an extreme method of warfare, which was simply unexpected. Immediately, whistles and screams filled the entire fleet of immigrants......